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1980 Bama at UT

Posted on 7/6/20 at 4:58 pm
Posted by KMcGee21MSU
TN
Member since Sep 2018
36 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 4:58 pm
Anyone else at the game? Bama won 27-0, TN QB Alatorre was mvp for Bama. Highlight of the game was halftime in the pouring rain, CDB performed "In America" and Legend of Wooley Swamp." Vols had Hancock and Miller at WR and no QB to get the ball to them.
Posted by ALA2262
Cumming, GA
Member since Jun 2016
1683 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 7:02 pm to
Raises hand.
Posted by TS1926
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
6872 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 7:10 pm to
If I remember correctly, Alabama kicked 4 field goals in that game from multiple Vol turnovers.
Posted by scionofadrunk
Williamson County, TN
Member since Mar 2020
1961 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 7:13 pm to
It's hard to believe, but Tennessee was just as awful during the late 70s and early 80s as they were the past decade
Posted by TS1926
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
6872 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 7:20 pm to
Yeah but I think a couple of years later they started a 9 year streak on Alabama. The 1983 Vol team was one of my favorites. They upset Miami 35-7 in the Sugar Bowl with backup QB Doug Dickey. Maybe that was 85?

Edit..the streak started in the 90s.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 7:26 pm
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27797 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 11:18 pm to
quote:

It's hard to believe


It really isn't.

The 90's were the exception not the rule for the Vols.
Posted by goblrhntr
Carolina
Member since Mar 2012
84 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 4:46 am to
Daryl Dickey
Posted by Volsfan82169
Spring Hill, TN
Member since Aug 2016
3493 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 6:28 am to
fricking Alatorre. As a young kid listening to the radio, if I could’ve jumped through the radio and kick his arse I would’ve. He also was the reason they lost to fricking clown show Rutgers the previous year. Not even the great voice of the Vols John Ward could bullshite anything positive from that game. Then they turn around the next week and beat Norte Dame. Hubert Simpson’s 4 touchdown game.
Posted by Hback
Member since Aug 2017
11426 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 8:51 am to
I was. I thought I remember Jeff Olszewski also playing. The late Benny Perrin came free on a safety blitz and just leveled JO causing a big turnover. Man Benny could lay the lumber
Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
20885 posts
Posted on 7/8/20 at 10:02 am to
quote:

Vols had Hancock and Miller at WR and no QB to get the ball to them.


UT had Willie Gault at WR that season...but he was only a sophomore.
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36703 posts
Posted on 7/8/20 at 1:09 pm to
quote:

The late Benny Perrin


Oh,my goodness. When did he pass and what happened?
Posted by Hback
Member since Aug 2017
11426 posts
Posted on 7/8/20 at 1:37 pm to
2017. Very, very sad.
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